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where do phobias come from?

  • Written by Lara Farrell, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Griffith University
where do phobias come from?Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like objects, places, situations or animals.Shutterstockwhere do phobias come from?

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Where do phobias come from? – Olivia, age 12, Strathfield, Sydney.


Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like...

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